VAN WAGENEN v. SEWALL (1896)

VAN WAGENEN v. SEWALL
	Term: 1895
Important Dates
	Argued: December 20, 1895
	Decided: January 6, 1896
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

VAN WAGENEN v. SEWALL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 6, 1896. The case was argued before the court on December 20, 1895.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Florida Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 160 U.S. 369
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: Henry Billings Brown

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.